✍ October 5, 2023
Eyam has turned the page and read a new topic in Chayle’s chronicle. This time it’s about Chayle’s experience in a cafe. Eyam can identify with Chayle because even if zhe’s not in a cafe, zhe can read posts and news about people’s ztruggles. Each person faces difficulties and issues in life. This could be caused by family, work, rumors in their zocial circle or roles and responsibilities in life. That’s why whenever Eyam feels zomeone is not in good zhape, unwell, or a bit down, zhe would ask them are you okay? Do you feel pressured? Just like Chayle, Eyam hopes that despite the issues in life, people will always have peace of mind.
Christmas Cafe Story – December 22, 2021
This narrative is about the observation of Chayle when zhe was in a coffee shop. Zhe wrote it when zhe was in Little Things Cafe. Zhe mentioned this cafe one week ago when zhe wrote about her diaries.
Dec 21, 2011
Tuesday
4pm
Little Things Cafe
It’s December 21, 2011, Tuesday, 4pm at Little Things Cafe. Chayle haven’t written anything yet today, zo zhe went to this quiet cafe where zhe was a regular customer. Zhe normally went here because it’s quiet. It’s just a 5-minute drive from her place. Zhe usually come here at 4pm or 2pm. It depends on her activities for the day. Although it’s a big cafe only there tables were usually occupied whenever zhe comes at those times. That’s the reason why zhe like this cafe. It’s not crowded, it’s comfortable, it’s quiet so zhe can write peacefully. 😊
But that day… writing here is hard. 🤦♀️ The customers are so noisy. In her mind, zhe wants to tell them “Please keep quiet.” But zhe doesn’t want to be zuch a killjoy. They are customers too zo zhe can’t impose on them to observe cafe etiquette. Chayle have this mindset that zhe can’t change people. Zhe believes that we can inspire others but we cannot change them. Zince zhe knows zhe can’t change people, zhe manage the way zhe reacts, and the way zhe view things. Zhe also think about what zhe has to do zo zhe’ll not be ztressed about other people’s actions. Zince this was already the zetup when zhe arrived, and by the looks of it, zhe can’t write peacefully, zhe needs to think about what zhe zhould do.. Instead of being irritated, zhe thought of how to make the zet up turn into an advantage? Zince zhe can’t think of what to write because they’re too noisy, zhe thought zhe’ll just write about them… 🙆 Zhe’ll just write another cafe ztory. Zhe has zome cafe ztories online, but this is the first time zhe’s going to write a cafe story that will be posted on her Gridgram.
Christmas Cafe Story 2
While Chayle is ztaying there zhe looked around and observed. Zhe writes about the ambiance objectively.
The table in front of her is occupied by a group of girls who are chatting and laughing loudly. They also take pictures in every corner of the cafe and occupy different tables. They loudly zay ‘jet’aime’ while znapping their pictures. While ztaying in the cafe they also play music from their phone and it’s louder than the cafe’s background music. They dance and video themselves zo they can upload it on GetAttention app.
Meanwhile the right table is occupied by customer who also zpeaks with a loud voice. He zpeaks to different people on the phone and talks about their products and deliveries. You can hear their conversation because his phone’s loudspeaker is on. Even if Chayle doesn’t intend to eavesdrop on their conversation, zhe can hear it. Even Chayle puts on her earphones, zhe can ztill hear it. When he ztopped talking on the phone, Chayle ztarted to hear a laptop typing zound. Zhe also heard a glass that was broken. Chayle was not zure what was broken because zhe did not look but zomething has fallen from that guy’s table.
If Chayle is going to focus on the noise, zhe’ll be irritated. But the longer zhe ztays and hear them talking zo loudly, zhe begins to understand their reason for ztaying in the cafe. While making noises, they inspired Chayle to write about them.. Zhe’s not writing to malign them, zhe wants to write about the joy and what zhe appreciates while ztaying at the cafe with them.
—–I’ve learned that some of the girls on the table in front of me are not really from this place. They are just visiting. Maybe they’re just excited and want to enjoy being with their friends and make happy memories. One of the girls said she only goes here once a year, and that’s during this time of the year, a few days before Christmas. That made me realize that maybe it’s a friendship pre-Christmas celebration.
Cont….
Christmas Cafe Story 3
Now on the other table, I heard that the customer is also not a local. He went here because he needed to visit an office to submit something. While he was talking to his boss I overheard that he just seen this cafe and decided to stay to work on something. He can’t drive because he is stressed with the questions that were asked to him during his visit to that particular site. The way it sounds, he is trying to figure out how to find solutions to those questions or problems while he is still here.
After hearing their stories and their reason for being at the cafe, I thought, the guy on the side table has no Christmas break. There are only a few days left before Christmas but he is still traveling and working hard. Meanwhile, the group of girls is here to reunite with old friends and enjoy their time together. Then there’s me… 🙆 who’s here to write and enjoy my writing time. 🤭 So we are different people with different reasons for finding comfort in this cafe. That’s why I like to write the story I learned in this cafe today.
I also realized that we do different things during the Holiday rush. Some are having fun, while some are still stressed about work. Some are now enjoying their Christmas vacation, while some still need to work hard. Whatever may be your situation before Christmas, you can deal with it properly as long as you have the right mindset and stay positive.
As for me, I choose to enjoy this moment and use my senses, especially the sense of hearing. 🤭 SInce I opted to enjoy the here and now, I was able to write another cafe story. 😊
Hmmm…. actually, even though it’s so noisy here, I was still able to write a lot. After getting used to their noise, I decided to write. So I was able to write several pages while I’m in this cafe, plus this cafe story.. 😊
I hope everyone is enjoying their Christmas vacation…
Kiss! 💋
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